IntuiLab, Signagelive Team On Interactive Content-Builder For ChromeOS Digital Signage June 23, 2015 by Dave Haynes The French company IntuiLab has long had great software that enables users to develop interactive touch experiences without knowing much of anything about coding, but the technology has always been on the fringes of digital signage. That’s changed with a partnership that builds IntuiLab into UK-based Signagelive’s content management platform, and has it optimized for …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Cam Gross, Lift June 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes Cam Gross of the Minneapolis interactive content/software Lift is heading to InfoComm in a couple of weeks. Here’s his take: 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This will be my first year. I am honored to be invited to sit on a Solutions Summit Digital Signage panel. 2 – What …
Projects: Airport Services Operator Using Digital Signage To Drive Services May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes Cutter Aviation is the world’s oldest continually family-owned Fixed Base Operator (think airport within an airport) and aviation service company, with ops at eight major airports in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. The company does a range of services for aircraft owners coming in and going out of these sites, as well as …
Live Data Visualizations As Hypnotic Signage May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes On the way to San Francisco’s airport after a day with a client 2-3 weeks ago I stopped in at Google for a quick update meeting on what the tech giant is up to with Chrome and Chromeboxes for digital signage. In the lobby of the building I was in – one of the main …
Cloud down, so sign down (Updated) May 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes Bryan Mongeau, the Vice President of Technology at BroadSign, and a guy who pays a lot of attention to emerging tech, sent along this photo he strayed across online of an ad campaign running on a Times Square LED ad board: Says Bryan: This error is coming from the Azure cloud service, which means someone …
Projects: Interactive Retail Flooring Configurator Bridges Signs And Smartphones May 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes This is an interactive flooring selection station for retail that bridges phones and digital signs, from a company called Prendi in Brisbane, Australia. Choices Flooring, Australia’s top flooring retailer, worked with Prendi to develop a custom digital configurator mounted on a purpose-built inspiration wall. The first one was done in 2013 and now the companies are on …
When Even The Basics Get Missed … May 21, 2015 by Dave Haynes Spotted this digital sign in the lobby of Toronto’s Delta Chelsea hotel last night, and groaned. It’s bad enough the design tries to shovel no end of print material into three zones on the screen. What made me crazy looking at this was the most basic thing: the image files don’t fit the resolutions of …
Projects: Philly Office Towers Add Live Transport Data Screens May 15, 2015 by Dave Haynes I blabber a lot these days about how live data is the content gift that can keep on giving, so I was happy to get an email today about a cool new project in Philadelphia that outs the idea in practice. Brandywine Realty Trust has partnered with TransitScreen to show real-time transport data, across multiple …
Projects: Shell Does Own Gas Pump Network May 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes Fuel giant Shell is bankrolling its own screen network on gas pumps in the Netherlands, with some 75 stations and 600 screens up and running. The company also has a trial going in Malaysia. The content is a 90-second loop of 10 second spots for store promotions and customer information. The network is running BroadSign’s ad-centric …
Research: A Video Also Worth A Thousand Words May 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes The automated video creation service Animoto has released results of research that reinforces the wide understanding that most consumers would rather watch a video about a product than read about it. The Animoto Online and Social Video Marketing Study, based on feedback from 1,051 U.S. consumers, suggests people prefer to interact with businesses through video and …
